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23:45 Jul 10, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / infecciones cronicas
Spanish term or phrase: matriz
The term appears in the following context:
"Existe un tipo de infección crónica, de muy difícil erradicación y refractaria tanto a la respuesta del sistema inmune como al tratamiento con antibióticos, que es la ocasionada por comunidades de bacterias, o biofilms; estas bacterias se encuentran inmersas en una matriz que ellas mismas fabrican, muy resistentes a todo tipo de tratamiento", señala la doctora Zorreguieta, directora del laboratorio de Genética y Bioquímica de Rizobacterias del Instituto Leloir.
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5matrix (extracellular matrix)
Gene Selkov


  

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matrix (extracellular matrix)


Explanation:
In this context, everything that has a structure (is not a fluid) is called "matrix". In this case, it is a polysaccharide matrix the bacteria create to protext themselves.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofilm#Extracellular_matrix
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